Special run MTH cabooses

@superwarp1

Here you go!

@Beth Marshall-The Public Delivery Track posted:

Just got the OK...

We will be doing the MTH premier woodsided cabooses in Rutland and Central Vermont

2 road number each

There are versions of the rutland with or without "Route of the Whippet, and in brown or red.    So far I'm planning on as pictured from Steamtown...brown with "route of the whippet."     Feel free to comment
here are the pre-order links...

https://www.publicdeliverytrac...side-caboose-3-rail/

https://www.publicdeliverytrac...side-caboose-3-rail/

Thanks,

beth

Fantastic!

YES, thank you

Terrific! Placing my preorders now

Thank You Beth. Ordering both Rutland’s and even a CV. Always liked the Maple Leaf scheme. Might as well put the cart before the horse in case someone ever builds a CV steamer I want.

I'm pre-ordering one Rutland caboose, preferably "Route of the Whippet" in brown, and anticipating that PDT will offer a Rutland diesel, either RS-1 or RS-3, to go with it.

MELGAR

The Central of Vermont looks like a winner.

Route of the whippet please!!

.....And my order for a rutland is placed!

One thing I never got around to asking, is there constant LED lighting in these cabooses?

@superwarp1 posted:

One thing I never got around to asking, is there constant LED lighting in these cabooses?

I believe MTH has used LED's in everything for at least the past 5 years.

Just placed my order. Thank you!!!

Bob

Just placed my order for 2 of the Raritan River Railroad cabooses.

Hope I am not too late, as I just saw this now.  I've just placed a pre-order for the Rutland.  

I got my order in for the Central Vermont and Rutland cabooses. Any updates from Public Delivery Track or MTH regarding the status of the production on these?

@Peter B posted:

I got my order in for the Central Vermont and Rutland cabooses. Any updates from Public Delivery Track or MTH regarding the status of the production on these?

2nd half of 2023.

Maybe someone knows more than I do.....but fwiw.... I get asked this question a lot....and so do a lot of other dealers.

I thought everyone knew that the average time from announcement of a new item...to when it is actually here and available...is about 18 months.  Other than that, I  dont have any inside information, and even the manufacturers dont know, BC there are a lot of variables.  They can call their reps oversees, but even then, its just a guess.

Here are the general lead times I get for arrival of an item..

Atlas..generally I know something is coming about 2-3 months out.

MTH...2 to 3 weeks out

Lionel..2 to 3 weeks out.

I would highly suggest that if anyone wants to know when an item is going to be available, PLEASE call the manufacturer.   They would have a better idea than I would.

Sorry I dont have a better answer.  All i can ask is for ppl to be patient.   I post the info I get about the products that Im receiving, here on the OGR forum and on our website "Latest News" page.

Thanks......beth

Any MTH item#'s established yet for the Raritan River cabooses?

My MTH Rutland #28 caboose arrived in today's post. Thank you, @Beth Marshall-The Public Delivery Track!

One minor problem: The wires coming from the female disconnects on the trucks' power pickups were catching on the chassis going through turns causing the car to derail, at least on my O-27 track. Gently bending the disconnects so that they point slightly down toward the center rail keeps the wires from catching.

Bring on the RailKing Scale Rutland RS-1!

Special run Rutland #36 caboose by MTH arrived today from forum sponsor Public Delivery Track. I placed my order on June 22, 2022. It was worth the wait. GE 70-ton #500 is the only Rutland locomotive that I have to pull this realistic caboose, so I hope that MTH will produce special run Rutland RS-1 diesel locomotives for PDT.

MELGAR

@MELGAR posted:

GE 70-ton #500 is the only Rutland locomotive that I have to pull this realistic caboose, so I hope that MTH will produce special run Rutland RS-1 diesel locomotives for PDT.

Same here!